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Re:Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on? by taphangum on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @01:51PM (#26480333)
https://planflow.dev - The easiest way to PLAN your website or mobile app.

It tries to make planning a website or mobile app as close as possible to the pen and paper experience.

It does this in a simple but (from my, and the experience of those who have tested it out) very effective and engaging way.

I share a bit more about how this is done here: https://simpleprogrammer.com/information-architecture-develo....

Re:Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on? by chdaniel on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:47PM (#26481916)
Just subscribed, Tapha! Curious to see how it'll work, as I do UI/UX design as well

P.S: Feedback for feedback, if you're down? https://bychgroup.com/price-unlock/

Re:Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on? by taphangum on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @07:19PM (#26484495)
Alright, so what you have here is pretty innovative. The problem for me was that it just took way too long for me to figure out what it is you did.

You might be spending a bit too much time on the problem here. It may be worth spending a bit more on the solution and making that clearer.

Right now it seems that its hidden within the modal underneath the copy. It should be much higher and not within a modal.

I would also try to say more with less with the problem. Again, it felt like it took a little too long to get to the point (and the point you're making is a pretty good one I might add!).

I find that with people who are more on the 'founder' end of the customer spectrum, particularly those who are tech focused, too much 'copy' and 'slow salesmanship' can be a negative. We tend to err on the side of 'just tell me and I'll figure out if its valuable' if that makes any sense.

I hope this helps?

Good luck man!

Tapha

Re:Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on? by taphangum on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @05:13PM (#26483054)
Awesome! Thanks chdaniel. Happy to give you feedback. Check back in a few.
Re:Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on? by 600frogs on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:54AM (#26488785)
FYI - the landing page tells me nothing about what it is you're selling, and "Why PlanFlow" leads to "Access Denied". I don't want to give away my email if I've no idea what it is I'm signing up for.

Plus some bugs you might want to be aware of - the "Coming Soon" floating labels are pretty off-centre on the links, and the hamburger menu when the browser is in portrait is nearly unusable and splits the "Sign Up - Free" button in half. This is on Safari on a Mac.

Re:Ask HN: What (side-)project are you working on? by taphangum on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:45PM (#26497725)
Thanks man. Yes, we've had some issues on Safari for a while now (seems like its the new Internet Explorer :)). I'll take a look at this.

The site in general is in 'under construction' mode right now, so rest assured these issues will all be resolved by launch. We're just dedicating all of our energy towards the first version right now, so have not polished everything.